Cynon Valley Miners Memorial in Mountain Ash
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Cynon Valley Miners Memorial in Mountain Ash
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 25 Jan 2014
Located at the edge of Parc Dyffryn Pennar, the home ground of Mountain Ash Rugby Football Club, on the site of the former Deep Duffryn Colliery. A plaque shows THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED UPON THE PIT HEAD OF THE FORMER DEEP DUFFRYN COLLIERY IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE CYNON VALLEY MINERS WHOSE LABOUR AND SOCIAL CONSCIENCE SHAPED OUR COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY. A sign showing DANGER MINE GASES and another one showing No Smoking are reminders that this remains a dangerous location.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.686384
Longitude
-3.382281